My car gave me a christmas present. I was driving home from my family when my CEL went on. Took it to the dealer and the found a cracked PCV hose/pipe and a cracked intake gasket. The service guy said the cracked intake gasket created a vacuum leak and that it would take a couple of days to get fixed as they had to take apart the intake. It's getting fixed next week and the service guy told me that it was ok to drive till then. Is this pretty common? Anything I can do to prevent it or is it just a wear and tear issue? I am at 80,500 miles. (Worried about it being a cat as the warranty just expired.)
